In precious metals futures trading on Thursday, gold declined while silver, platinum and palladium gained.
Gold for April delivery lost $12, or 0.6%, to settle at $1,930.80 an ounce on the Comex division of the New York Mercantile Exchange.
"Technically, April gold futures prices hit a nine-month high early on today and then reversed course to score a bearish ‘outside day’ down on the daily bar chart. Bulls still have the solid overall near-term technical advantage. A three-month-old uptrend is in place on the daily bar chart. Bulls’ next upside price objective is to produce a close above solid resistance at $2,000.00," Jim Wyckoff, a senior analyst at Kitco Inc, said in a daily research note.
Gold futures traded between $1,925.60 and $1,975.20. They dipped 0.1% on Wednesday, they rose 0.3% on Tuesday, marking their highest settlement since April 21 and logging a 6.5% gain in January, and they slipped 0.3% on Monday.
Silver for March delivery inched up a bit more than a half cent, or 0.03 %, to close at $23.615 an ounce. Silver futures traded between $23.49 and $24.75. They shed 1% on Wednesday, they climbed 0.4% on Tuesday, registering a decline in January of 0.9%, and they edged 0.5% higher on Monday.
In other precious metals prices on Thursday:
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April platinum surged $30.90, or 3.1%, to $1,032.60 an ounce, ranging from $1,012 to $1,046.70.
- Palladium for March delivery added $10, or 0.6%, to $1,642.60 an ounce, trading between $1,628.50 and $1,688.
US Mint Bullion Sales in 2023
Published United States Mint bullion sales were unchanged on Thursday. Below is a sales breakdown of U.S. Mint bullion products with columns listing the number of coins sold during varying periods.
| US Mint Bullion Sales (# of coins) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Last Week | This Week | January Sales | February | |
| $50 American Eagle 1 Oz Gold Coin | 3,500 | 13,500 | 118,000 | 0 |
| $25 American Eagle 1/2 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 2,000 | 37,000 | 0 |
| $10 American Eagle 1/4 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 10,000 | 62,000 | 0 |
| $5 American Eagle 1/10 Oz Gold Coin | 0 | 0 | 115,000 | 0 |
| $50 American Buffalo 1 Oz Gold Coin | 9,000 | 5,500 | 59,000 | 0 |
| $1 American Eagle 1 Oz Silver Coin | 0 | 0 | 3,949,000 | 0 |
| $100 American Eagle 1 Oz Platinum Coin | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Gold lost and settled, silver inched up, platinum surged, palladium added. Oh, how I do love the descriptive verbs used for the price movements of the precious metals.